It's always a sad day when someone's career ends, and doubly so when the cause is a severe injury. Such is the case for Blake Geoffrion, who retired yesterday at the age of 25 after battling the effects of sustaining a concussion and a depressed skull fracture while playing for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL.
The hit took place on November 9, 2012 in a game between Geoffrion's Bulldogs and the Syracuse Crunch, which is Tampa Bay's AHL affiliate. Geoffrion took a hard hip check from J-P Cote and appears to hit his head on the boards while airborne. Below is the video clip of the hit.
It's not really discernable from the footage, but Cote's skate blade actually cut Geoffrion deep enough to cause the skull fracture. This occurred when Geoffrion landed. What makes the play (and end result) even more unfortunate is that the hit is perfectly clean. It's simply a solid, hard hockey play that went terribly wrong.
Geoffrion wasn't out of work for long, however. Today it was announced that he has been hired by the Columbus Blue Jackets as a pro scout.
Geoffrion had eight goals and five assists in 55 career NHL games, split between Nashville and Montreal.
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